In between the weeks and months you’ve spent nurturing your prospective client and the start of a business relationship, there lies one all-important hurdle: the contract. And all too often, your time investment is put at risk when your proposal languishes on the prospect’s desk or in a crowded email box. The Huffington Post article suggests a surefire solution to this classic business mistake: RightSignature online document signing.

Getting through to decision makers and convincing them that they need your product or service isn't the easiest thing to do. They were probably interested when you sent the proposal through to them, but when it comes down to signing it - it just collects virtual dust in their e-mail… Then you e-mailed them a link to instantly sign the PDF using RightSignature. - SUCCESS!”

How does RightSignature ensure that all your important documents get read? Here are 7 key reasons why RightSignature is the perfect tool to avoid the lost document vortex.

1. No paper

It’s easy to remember a day when every note and contract was printed out on paper, but the world has changed. Today, those dead trees are the biggest impediment between you and getting your documents signed quickly and reliably.

Consider: all your documents begin as a digital file in your word processor, and they all end up scanned and stored digitally as well. Printing that same document just to get it signed is absurd, especially if it means fussing with printers, fax machines, or scanners. Keep it simple and stay digital from beginning to end with RightSignature.

2. No email attachments

According to the Radicati group, the average businessperson sends or receives 120 emails every day. If you’re working with a high-value client with a busy schedule, locating the one email with your contract attached in a flooded inbox could be like finding a needle in a haystack. Not to mention the security risks involved with relying solely on email. So ditch the paperclip icon and save your clients the attachment anxiety.

3. Automatic reminders

Whenever you send a document, RightSignature online document signing software sends your signer an instant notification that the document is available and ready to sign. Then, after a few days, if the document hasn’t been signed, it sends another, and so on until the document expires. That slight nudge can be the difference between a deal or no deal, and RightSignature will automatically remind your senders they have a document pending, even if you’ve forgotten.

5. Getting it right on the first try

A complicated or confusing signing experience could cause your client to throw up their hands in frustration—and you might never even know why the deal fell through. Luckily, RightSignature’s intuitive signing software employs a number of user-friendly features to make sure every document is filled out fully and completely on the first try.

RightSignature’s percentage progress bar, NaviGuide flag, and required fields ensure that your document is filled out completely. And RightSignature also lets you, the sender, include in-line tooltip instructions for each item on your document—the next best thing to walking your signer through the document in person.

6. Do more with your docs

Finishing a deal is often more complicated than just getting a contract signed. If your sender needs to provide additional files or make a credit card payment, the deal can languish if any one of these steps is unresolved. But RightSignature includes features like Request Attachments and Collect Payments to let you do more with your documents, so you can cross off several steps at once.

7. Impress your customers, keep them coming back

After you’ve gotten your document signed and closed your deal, the benefits of RightSignature keep piling in. RightSignature makes your business look professional throughout the document signing process. An impressed customer tells friends, and crucially, will come back to you the next time your services are needed.